Narcos: Mexico will hit the streaming platform tomorrow (November 16) and last night Netflix took the Regal Cinemas in Los Angeles for the new season (or new show, you choose) of Narcos. Check in our gallery some pictures of Diego and his co-stars at the premiere and after-party.

Disney Chairman and CEO Bob Iger announced today that Lucasfilm is in development on a second Star Wars live-action series for Disney+, the Company’s new direct-to-consumer streaming service. The series, which will go into production next year, follows the adventures of rebel spy Cassian Andor during the formative years of the Rebellion and prior to the events of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Diego Luna will reprise the role of Andor. “Going back to the Star Wars universe is very special for me,” said Luna. “I have so many memories of the great work we did together and the relationships I made throughout the journey. We have a fantastic adventure ahead of us, and this new exciting format will give us the chance to explore this character more deeply.”

The rousing spy thriller will explore tales filled with espionage and daring missions to restore hope to a galaxy in the grip of a ruthless Empire. A release date for the series has not yet been announced. Stay tuned to StarWars.com for the latest updates.

Variety – In “Narcos: Mexico,” which Netflix will release on November 16, Diego Luna takes on the role of Guadalajara cartel leader Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo. Gallardo, considered the founder of the modern Mexican drug trade, is currently behind bars in Mexico for the murder of DEA agent Enrique ‘Kiki’ Camarena, played on the show by Michael Peña. Luna and Peña made the trek to Italy’s Lucca Comics & Games where Luna spoke to Variety about the show’s relevance in shedding light on the drug trafficking plague and how this reconstruction of the criminal power structure built on both sides of the Mexico-U.S. border can provide insight on escalating border tensions, just as President Donald Trump is building a wall and sending troops there.

What’s your impression of Lucca, this unique event dedicated to cosplayers and fandom in a medieval town?
I’m having fun. It was quite cool to do the Q&A with the audience…inside a church. It was a little surreal to me, you know, talking about ‘Narcos’ inside a church. It was like being in ‘The Godfather.’ But it’s amazing, the city is beautiful and the event is a mixture of pop culture and tradition; an interesting thing to witness.

Speaking of ‘Narcos: Mexico’ I liked how it digs deep into both the criminal and law enforcement aspects and does this with a gritty naturalistic tone.
Thanks. The idea of this show is to make sure you understand how the whole system works. It’s a series about many characters. It’s a series about a business. It’s not about one man and another guy chasing him. It’s a series about an entire structure built from every level of power…the idea is to understand a community, to understand a structure, an organization.

How did you prepare to play Félix, who was originally a corrupt cop and is essentially a shrewd businessman?
One decision I made is: I’m not going to go out there and interview people. I’m just going to work with the materials that have been written, that are out there already, partly because he is alive…and it’s difficult to work with the perception of people who knew him…Another thing that was important was to learn about that decade in Mexico, to learn about the 80’s, about the Mexico that he was living in. I remember that Mexico as a kid – I was born in 1979 –…so I went back to kind of reconstruct it from an adult perspective. To see all the things that my father didn’t want me to see…so I could start thinking: ‘OK, so that was the context in which he was living: would he do that?’ But then it’s also just interpretation; it’s just my interpretation. And that’s what I like about the series…We are not claiming to do a documentary or a [meticulous] recreation of actual events. At the end of the day it’s fictional.

There have been rumblings in the Mexican press against you for doing ‘Narcos’ related to how this could glorify the drug trade. Do you think once the show is released this type of accusation will die down?
I think so. It has already happened a little bit. I sat down a little bit with the [Mexican] press that got to see it, and all of a sudden they didn’t talk about that. This reaction was when the trailers came out…And I completely understand where it’s coming from because [in the trailer] there is a lot of content related to the drug-dealing war…But after seeing the ten episodes the only thing that is clear to me is that I don’t want to belong to this world! I don’t want to meet any of them, and wish I had no connection with them. It’s interesting to watch, and it’s also interesting to reflect on the past; to reflect how we got into the mess we are living in…I respect every point of view, especially in Mexico where we are living the violence caused because of this. The only thing I don’t respect is when I hear that we shouldn’t talk about this. To me that is very, very dangerous.

“Narcos: Mexico” shows some complex dynamics between the U.S. and Mexico during the 1980’s. Today, with Trump’s border policy there is a high level of tensions between these countries. Do you think it could help gain some insights on these tensions?
I think one thing that’s important is that we would have never gotten into this mess without there being contributions [to the mess] on both sides of the border…I think the polarizing rhetoric that is dominating the debate today is very dangerous. This thing of seeing things in black and white; good and bad. It’s not like that. And I think that the case of Kiki Camarena is quite interesting to analyze and understand why and where we are today in terms of the relation between our two countries…Because, yes, you [can] blame Donald Trump, but our country can also be blamed for being so weak; for not having a voice and being clear. Basically…this [criminal] structure that was built in the 80’s…it wasn’t just the drug dealers that were involved, it was the politicians, it was the police, it was the military on both sides of the border…So, yes, this is a good case to start asking ourselves how much all of us are involved together in the problem because once we recognize that, then we can all be part of the solution, which is certainly not a wall.

Why would the Trump wall not work?
A wall is not going to stop anything…they’ve put a rapid succession of drug dealers in jail, and that hasn’t stopped anything either because this is a system, a corrupt system that has seeped into every level of power on both sides of the border…I think that’s what the series says; that we have to work together towards a solution. It’s not them against us…But I also want to say that this is just a series, and the beauty of this is that hopefully it can trigger curiosity in audiences to go deeper and go research a little more. To read about it, to see documentaries, to open the newspapers looking for clues about this situation and about our relations…While we are talking about this 5,000 [U.S.] military are going South to the border in Mexico, you know. So we do need to care about what’s happening in each other’s country because every decision we make is connected to the lives of others.

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